Van Sang Nguyen (Autor), Ho Thu Cuc (Autor), Quang Truong Nguyen (Autor), Wolfgang Böhme (Vorwort), Kraig Adler (Vorwort)Herpetofauna of Vietnam (Englisch) Gebundene Ausgabe von Van Sang Nguyen (Autor), Ho Thu Cuc (Autor), Quang Truong Nguyen (Autor), Wolfgang Böhme (Vorwort), Kraig Adler (Vorwort) " Together with his coauthors, Nguyen Quang Truong modernized taxonomic concepts and nomenclature, filled gaps with new knowledge on the herpetofauna, mostly with the astonishingly perpetuating new discoveries which increased and still increase the number of species in this impressive way. The herpetological exploration of Vietnam, originally based on the classic, monographic works (1934 - 1944) of the French author Rene Bourret, was followed by a most intensive period of herpetofaunistic and taxonomic research just in the last few decades. This was carried out by Vietnamese, but also many foreign herpetologists, among them Russian, Canadian, US-American, British and last but not least German teams which often cooperated also among each other. This period of intensified research resulted in the discovery and description of numerous new species and even genera. My colleague and friend Kraig Adler, Cornell University, contributed an own and detailed chapter on this important aspect of the history of Vietnamese herpetology to the present new book. As can be seen from the extended acknowledgement section of this book, numerous colleagues from many countries were helpful and gave information, comments and/or their photographs for this comprehensive checklist of Vietnam's amphibians and reptiles. This remarkable new book reflects the high degree of international cooperation and is thus also a splendid example for other countries with a similarly rich natural heritage. I am happy that, together with the Zoological Garden of Cologne, also my institute is allowed to take part in this fruitful cooperation. Finally, it is also necessary to acknowledge the role of the Publisher. The engagement of 'Chimaira', Frankfurt am Main, in editing this book is highly appreciated as it enables - at last - the international availability of all the information on Vietnam's herpetofauna which has been gathered by the above-mentioned herpetological community. I am sure that this book will be a classic reference for many years to come." Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Böhme

Sibelius, Jean, Finnish composer (1865-1957).Autograph Letter Signed. Järvenpää, 16. V. 1934. 1934. Small 4to. 2 pp. To an unnamed English admirer ("Dear Madame"), in English: "I regret very much having been prevented earlier to reply to your very kind letter. I feel it quite a special honour that you, Madame, wished to see me as a guest in your house. Thanking you for your friendly invitation I must inform you that it is quite impossible for me to visit England in May or June. I am forced to deprive me of the pleasure this time of seeing England, so highly acclaimed by me [...]". - Written on the first and terminal pages of a folded sheet; horizontal fold.

Keller, David H.Wolf Hollow Bubbles: A Taine of San Francisco Story ARRA Printers, Jamaica, New York 1934 - Stapled wrappers (paperback), 5.5" x 7.5." 20 pages. Number One from the Scientific Detective Series. This copy SIGNED by Keller on rear of front wrap. An important and extremely SCARCE item sought by collectors. Showing expected light paper toning and minor wear at extremities, remains a very desirable copy. Size: 12mo [Attributes: Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

John WisdenJohn Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1934 - 1934 Original Hardback Wisden 1934. Hi, This lot is a 1934 Original Hardback Wisden in Very Good Condition. This Wisden is a very nice book, the gilt to the front is bright and for a 34 very good to the spine, the boards are nice and clean and hinges strong, tiny weakness to rear if being picky, some underlinings but otherwise super. Contains the bodyline controversy.

HEARNE, Samuel & Philip Turnor.Journals of Samuel Hearne and Philip Turnor. Edited with Introduction and Notes byJ.B. Tyrrell. Toronto. The Champlain Society, No. 21. 1934.. Soft cover. thick8vo, 24cm, xviii,611p. with 19 sketch maps & 7 folding maps(inc. 2 large folding maps in rear pocket), appendices, limited to550 numbered copies this being #101, original crested red cloth,t.e.g., in fine condition. (cgc) Hearne's journal covers the thirdtrip, which is more formally described in Journey from Prince ofWales Fort in Hudson 's Bay to the Northern Arctic. Philip Turnortravelled from York Fort to Cumberland House (Saskatchewan) andback in 1779; then from York Fort to Albany, Moose Factory(Ontario) and Rupert River (Quebec), 1791, 1792. Later, fromCumberland, he travelled to Lake Athabasca (Alberta) and GreatSlave Lake (Northwest Territories). He knew Alexander Mackenzie andDavid Thompson as well as Samuel Hearne. His bare journal recountstravel by dog-sled, canoe, and on foot, notes points of interest inthe northern sweep of country, and records his belief in theAthabaska as the best area for company development. The collectionalso includes Peter Fidler's journal of a trip to Slave Lake,1791-92, and parts of journals by Malcom Ross and others. J .B.T'yrrell's publications, beginning in 1911, heralded an era ofresearch on northern exploration. Philip Turnor (1752?-1800). In1778 he was articled to the Hudson's Bay Company as a surveyor,working in the Hudson's Bay Company territories in North Americauntil 1792. The map of North America published by Arrowsmith inLondon in 1795 embodied the results of his surveys. While winteringat Cumberland House about 1790 he taught surveying to DavidThompson. .

WAUGH. EVELYNA HANDFUL OF DUST. Chapman and Hall Ltd. London. 1934. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated mono frontispiece of Hetton Abbey by J. D. M. Harvey. Some minor foxing to first and last few pages otherwise a very good copy in original black and red snakeskin patterned cloth, with the spine lettered in gilt. Some minor rubbing to the extremities of the cloth and light fading to the spine but overall a very good example of Waugh's fourth novel with the gilt still bright.

Travers, P L Mary Poppins New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1934. First American edition. Fine/Fine. A Fine copy in like dust jacket and exceptionally uncommon in this condition. Jacket with a few little nicks at the top corners and near the spine, but in remarkable condition nonetheless.The popular masterpiece of children's literature. Mary Poppins was originally written in 1934 and follows the Banks family as they are visited by a seemingly stern but ultimately magical and kind nanny who subsequently takes them on a variety of incredible adventures. Travers originally wrote the book in a small cottage she rented outside of Sussex and modeled the story on Peter Pan, as Travers had a strong affinity for J.M. Barrie. Mary Poppins was adapted into the famous 1964 musical film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, which won five Academy Awards - including Best Actress - and was nominated for thirteen total. The Library of Congress later selected the film for preservation in 2013. "The "Mary Poppins" books are transfixing and original, trading sharp drawing-room comedy with fantastical adventures and carefully rendered scenes of servant life." (The New Yorker). Fine in Fine dust jacket.

(KAUFFER, E. McKnight.) MOSLEY, Oswald.The Greater Britain. London: British union of Fascists,, [1934]. Octavo. Original buff cloth, titles to spine black. With the dust jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. Spine rolled, minor foxing to boards and edges, occasional foxing to contents and pencilled marginal scoring. An excellent copy in the lightly toned jacket with some loss to head of spine and chip to head of rear panel. First edition, first impression. With the Fascism in Britain leaflet loosely laid-in.

Garis, LilianA Melody Lane Mystery: The Wild Warning Grosset & Dunlap, 1934 Fine in a near fine dust jacket. First Edition. A very small book seller sticker is affixed to back of pastedown. A nice, clean, square copy. Jacket has some very minor wear.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

AnonA Life Time Collection of 688 Recipes for Drinks London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing stated. Very Good, with soiling to edge of page block, foxing to prelims and terminals, slight toning to spine cloth, in a Good dust jacket, which is lightly soiled, toned, and edge worn, with insect wear primarily to the rear panel, rear flap fold and top edge of the rear flap. Uncommon in the dust jacket.

DE FLEURY, R1700 [Seventeen Hundred] Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar William Heinemann Ltd London (1934) - First Edition. Small octavo, original green cloth and illustrated dustjacket, 211 pages. Very scarce British cocktail guide in which the front flap states: "The largest collection of formulae ever included in one book. 1,262 Sweet Cocktails, 287 Dry Cocktails." De Fleury would publish one other guide in which he adds 100 cocktails to this collection. Near Fine in attractive Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge nicks. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

AnonA Life Time Collection of 688 Recipes for Drinks London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing stated. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Cloth darkened at spine, and a bit stained at the rear. Top edge of page block is soiled, pages show toning and light wear. Hinge at half-title page is exposed. A lovely vintage cocktail book, and very scarce!

RANSOME, ArthurCOOT CLUB Cape 1934 - First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth,lettered in gilt, in the pictorial dustwrapper. A near fine copy, in a very good dustwrapper, with a shallow chip to the head of the spine, but a generally well preserved example of a rare title. Pictorial map endpapers and illustrations in line throughout by Arthur Ransome. The fifth title in the Swallows and Amazons series. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

George GershwinGeorge Gershwin boldly signed TLS alluding to his Porgy and Bess opera New York, New York, April 12, 1934. 8.25" x 10.75". "One page letter signed ""George Gershwin"", 8.25"" x 10.75"" on personal letterhead ""George Gershwin / 132 East 72nd Street / New York, New York"" and dated ""12 April 1934"". Lightly toned with expected folds, slight separation at fold expertly repaired. Else near fine.A wonderful scarce boldly signed letter on his personal letterhead. This wonderful letter is responding to an inquiry for his appearance for a benefit concert. Although he had to decline, he noted he was writing an opera and was expected to be broadcasting later in that year. Gershwin was alluding to his song ""Summertime"", a spectacular aria composed in 1934 for the 1935 opera ""Porgy and Bess"". ""Summertime"" was Gershwin's attempt to create his own spiritual in the style of the African American folk music of the period and became one of his most well known hits. Initially a commercial failure, ""Porgy and Bess"" is now considered one of the most important American operas of the twentieth century.As Gershwin passed away when quite young, just 3 years after the writing of this letter, his autographs are quite scarce. This is an unusual example with a stunning boldly scripted signature with high contrast. "

MUSSOLINI, BenitoDocument signed, military suspension of duties Rome 1934 - Document signed ("Mussolini"), suspension of duties for an Italian soldier, December 1934. One page, folio, on printed letterhead of the Ministero della Guerra. Mussolini suspends an officer's duties for embezzlement. Accompanied by a family photograph of Mussolini, 6 3/4 x 9 inches, by Look Pix, 1928. The photo shows a younger Mussolini with his entire family, comprising his wife and four children. The photo bears the press sticker of "Presse Photo", Berlin on the reverse. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

Lewis, WyndhamThe Apes of God 1st/3rd SIGNED London: Nash & Grayson, 1934 - 1st edition 3rd impression 1934. Signed and inscribed to "Joyce / Wyndham Lewis / with love / 1955, with an earlier gift inscription to same dated 1951 and bookplate of same to pastedown. Very Good or better copy with a little age wear and minor soiling, Jacket also very good or better, lightly rubbed and soiled, intact, unclipped in a protective cover. Very Good collector's copy of a rare signed trade edition of the author's chef d'oeuvre [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

O'NEILL EugenePlays 1934 - O"NEILL, Eugene. The Plays. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934-35. Twelve volumes. Octavo, original full red cloth gilt, top edges gilt, uncut, original slipcases. $3500.Signed limited "Wilderness Edition,"&#157; one of 552 sets signed in Volume I by O'Neill.With photogravure frontispieces and decorative headpieces. "The measure of O'Neill's greatness was summed up by the playwright Arthur Miller: 'O'Neill was the great wrestler, fighting God to a standstill. The theater will forever need the towering rebuke of his life and his work and his agony" (DAB, 526). This is the most complete early collection of O'Neill's plays, and includes Strange Interlude, Dynamo, Lazarus Laughed, Desire Under the Elms, Mourning Becomes Electra, and many others. Spiller, 671. With remnants of original glassine. Publisher's original slipcases a bit worn. A fine set. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

Braque, Georges, painter and sculptor (1882-1963).Exhibition catalogue, inscribed and signed ("GeorgesB"). N. p., July 10, [1934]. 1934. 1 p. on 6ff. Printed wrappers. Small 4to. Apparently a letter draft, written on the next-to-last page (entitled "Notes"): "[...] Today 10th July in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred thirty four I told Tristan [?] that I would spend a weeks holiday with him [...]". - In pencil; somewhat brown-stained, cover rather browned and spotty.

Graves RobertCLAUDIUS THE GOD AND HIS WIFE MESSALINA London: Arthur Baker, 1934. First edition. With fold out genealogical trees of the Imperial family and the royal family of the Herods. 8vo, in the publisher's original gilt lettered black cloth, and in the original dustjacket. 575 pp. A very fine, as pristine copy of the book, in an attractive jacket with some light general mellowing confined primarily to the spine panel. FIRST EDITION, Robert Graves' extremely popular 'autobiography' of Claudius continues (from Claudius' accession after Caligula's death, to his own death in 54) in Claudius the God. This sequel also includes a section written as a biography of Herod Agrippa, contemporary of Claudius and future King of the Jews. This book, combined with Graves' first Claudius novel, was adapted by the BBC into the award-winning television serial, I, Claudius.

Bishop, Julie [Jacqueline Wells] (subject)Archive of 89 photographs from various Pre-Code films starring Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], 1933-1934 Various cities: Various Publishers, 1934. Archive of 89 photographs belonging to actress Julie Bishop, featuring film still and publicity photographs from five Pre-Code films made in 1933 and 1934 while she was still being credited under her birth name, Jacqueline Wells. The photographs have been tipped into a contemporary photo album, with the exception of three photographs, which are laid in. Bishop began working in silent films as a child actress, and appeared in over 50 B-pictures and serials for Universal, Paramount, and others through the 1930s as Jacqueline Wells. A 1941 studio contract would necessitate a change to the name she became better known as, as Warner Bros. didn't want their new star associated with the low budget pictures in her past. She made 16 films for Warner Bros., and continued to find work through the 1950s, a career that lasted over 30 years. Roughly half the photographs in the archive are from 1933's "Tarzan the Fearless" film serial, which she costarred in with Buster Crabbe, including 11 behind the scenes photographs, five of which show Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs during a visit to the set. One of these photographs has been inscribed to Bishop by producer Sol Lesser. Other films featured in the archive include the W.C. Fields starring "Tillie and Gus" (Paramount, 1933), "The Loudspeaker" (Monogram, 1934), one of which is laid in and contains a holograph ink note by Bishop to an unknown recipient mentioning her costar Ray Walker and that the film's theme song, "Who, But You?," was being performed by Bing Crosby and Guy Lombardo, "Alice in Wonderland" (Paramount, 1933), although it appears her role was cut from the final film, and the film serial "Clancy of the Mounted" (Universal, 1933), several of which show images from the final six chapters of the series, considered lost, the first six chapters having been released on DVD in 2012. Photographs 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm). Some with bruising or light chipping, generally about Near Fine. Photo album 13.25 x 10.25 inches (33 x 26 cm), bound with a string binding. Very Good plus.

Bourke-White, MargaretTwelve Soviet photo prints [in red folio, but containing a mixture of twelve prints from the red and blue folios] n.p. 1934 - Red folio containing twelve black and white photogravures, loose as issued, image size 9.25x13 inches on 14.25x19.75 inch sheets. The folio is mildly worn and stained, with some red tint having transferred to the verso of one of the sheets; some sheets have minor traces of edge-staining. The prints are a mixture of some originally from this red folio, with several from the blue folio. Prints present are: Kremlin: Moscow; Stalin?s Mother; A Priest; Shock Brigadier; Street car conductor: Moscow; The world?s largest blast furnace; Bricklayer; Soviet Serenade; Steel Worker: Magnitogorsk; For the iron mine foundations; Col. Hugh L. Cooper; and Medical students in Tiflis (this last being the one with red transfer to the verso, not visible from the front).

ELIOT, T S The Rock. London: Faber & Faber Limited,, 1934. A pagent play written for performance at Sadler's Wells Theatre 28 May ? 9 June 1934 on behalf of the forty-five churches fund of the Diocese of London. Octavo. Original white blue-speckled paper over boards, spine lettered in blue. With the dust jacket. Small closed tear to top of jacket rear panel, a few trivial marks, otherwise a fine copy. First edition, first impression, a superb copy. One the earlier of Eliot's works to be more-or-less dominated by Christian doctrine (and created in collaboration with a veritable synod of churchmen), The Rock envisages the modern era with Eliot's characteristic brand of scornfully sweeping bitterness - "The Church disowned, the tower overthrown, the bells upturned, what have we to do / but stand with empty hands and palms turned upwards / in an age which advances progressively backwards?" One of 1000 copies issued in the trade binding.